New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-08
KNIGHTS or LABOR At H1RRIsBU EG.
Mr. PowDERLY PRESIDING AT CONVENTION III
INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATURE

Mr. PowDERLY PRESIDING AT CONVENTION III
INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATURE
HARRISBURG, April 7 (speciat. A convention OF
Knights held here to-day TO consider various
bills before the Legislature affecting labor interests
General Master Workman Powderly presided Air. fo"
dcrly made address. in which he said:
1--WE not here many OF those who come TO the
capital OF this State, to National Capital nor
for the purpose OF bribing and corrupns our Legl
We here ask representatives, to 90 wnas
SOONER do they take their seats than find another
class Of Pennsylvanians coming here and planting .
representatives side by side with ours Who are ney
Representatives OF the mining COMPANIES OF the STATE
Representatives OF the Standard Oil Company anu si
other large corporations In Pennsylvania They VINO come
here represent the companys stores and various ONE,
they have never besn charged with being lobbyists 10
dared 10 fling out to the world the call tnat
eae here here In % and
sway these IN their allegiance to the people Ap
times have been asked to good word In favor OF
certain measure Many OF them were gooa ana n these
measures wrong and returned them with my
Go into that Senate Chamber and you will find piled up
IN the archives documents which no man. mean no
workngman woman or child would ever sign ao,
years little annex the state Of NewJersey mas ner
in the habit Of having her labor conventions regularly
and also Of hny Trsro our woc@r sbor bs
ana single bill is allowed ia 20 into that House
or Senate until 1t passes the door where THIS la "a,
Committee sits, aud II that Labor Couulttec says
nav. then it eGtern the leginItive ha's Oh inc
state OF NewJcrsey Call yc that Ioony isdS' w.
/ call it Justice 81 A.,
/ repeat it. We are here TO examine carefully the
measures pending before the Legislature III mas
been said that We have no iIStt 70 come
late day AMI auenit t. upet th@.
which has been going along smoothly. 1"E khVN
whe her " has been going along smoothly or no" u
there anything going that Is wrons Is never t,
late 10 sirp it, over the uOOr oi the House You WEI
ind the secretary Of sin"e corporation mat r'PFc
scnis more than all our wealth pct toectnct.
We are charged with benE Anarchists ani fANoriNS
tend Anarchy. As Chi'f ci Our orelW
ZatiOn | that Anarchy has NJ apdli--
place in oar midst. but monololisls want
To MAKE people believe contrary. No matter
errors nave committed IN the past ", have ai"HJ
aimed at doing right. We have pursued line oi p'ifF
and fOlnG things that iiEt aud Tr0l@ bui we
have always kent clear o. tie one hing that brHt'
odirn cOGntry-Anarciiv rejoice therefore III
the defeat of the Anarchist candidates in Cliica -
IL j. understood that tho L. ssttpcS wa, have iitro-
duced laher bills will be rr1uc-tel To explain 'h''
The ct,uvcou will draft memorial "a tie legislature
rmhO tyisa views, AM rre-ei.L IL on h'L liN 90"
pUbic nirc,iI IN fhr House uf Representatives io-h
Was very rgclr attended NJ iOwdrriy prcI1ei ana
made a n recb IN which lie asserted tbtt labor had a
hight De- here ly 20 look after rs "-
terests the Legislature.